tonight,dourn to 43 with dense folg. tomorrow, 57, morning dense fog and rain, then we're clearing through day and tomorrow night, generally clear but colder. next few days, mid-50s is the rule but a rain maker thursday into friday will bring rain and wind and prap ace brief winter mix into friday. now theweekend does look clear and sunny. >> two cups of milk a day, a- that's what our children need to get enough vitamin d and iron. researchers looked at 1300 children and said that is the magic number. supplementsmay be needed for some kids depending on the season, amount of time outside and a well balanced diet ensures the right amount of vitamin d. >> that comes from milk and it comes from food. a balance of that and food is a good mix. you're. >> researchers also say more milk that children drink, the less iron containing foods that they eat. >> now, when we were young, we used to just get one snack a day but today kids are snacking up to three times a day and that's waying in on the -- weighing in on the a-waistline.

tavis, some traders are technically saying apple is a break dourn technically, this death cross takinge out of the stock, yadda, yadda, yadda, what do you make of that move. is the death cross a big deal? >> not for a fundamental analyst. we'll see how it plays out over the next year or two. but it looks like earnings growth will be very strong for the foreseeable future. >> don't fear the death cross or the reaper. tavis, thank you very much. todd, thank you very much. >>> on deck -- are we facing irrational fear over the fiscal cliff? we are going to make some comps on what it will really cost you. >>> and is a big oil company about to issue a big fat one-time dividend? we're going to ask the ceo coming up. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings

we've seen a dourn-around in those there. futures popped earlier half an hour before the open.pened broadly to the down side in today's session. you guys were talking about it earlier, another positive reading on the pmi out of china. that seems to be lending some support to the material stocks in today's session, as you take a look at the shanghai composite, which is closing at a six-month high, or closed the new year at a six-month high, well off the lows we saw earlier in the day. gold stocks, gold is higher on track for its 12th increase, annual increase. and those gold stocks also, i guess we don't have them there, are higher as well. the indices on track for a positive year. but for the month and the quarter, all the three major indices are in the red. back to you guys. >> thanks so much, mary thompson, joining us here on the floor today. we're hours away from tonight's midnight deadline for washington to reach a deal. they start legislative business at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. barney frank of massachusetts, in what i hope is not his last interview on "squawk on the stree